Q:
ABSTRACT: PSF/6000 driving 3900-0W1's from HP3000, HP9000 and MVS.
ENVIRONMENT:
SEARCH ARG: 3900* token ring direct*
TOPIC THREAD: PRINT
AFP
PRINTER_HARDWARE
3900
..
Need to clarify the following 3900 support questions...
(1) If we install a token ring adapter in a 3900-0W1 controller
(RS/6000) can the 3900 be directly attached to a T-R?
(2) If item (1) is true, how will PSF/6000 drive the printer?
(3) Can multiple PSF/6000 machines drive a single 3900-0W1?
(4) Given two RS/6000 (Model 370) attached to a E-net running
PSF/AIX. Three "hosts", (I) HP3000 with MPE / IX operating
system (II) HP9000 running UNIX and (III) 3090 MVS will send data
to the RS/6000. PSF/AIX must route print date to either of two
3900-0W1 printers on a standalone T-R.
IS THIS FEASIBLE?
HP HP 3090
3000 9000 MVS
| | |
------------------- |
| | |
| |==== | ============> T-R
RS/6000 =| RS/6000 ========>
PSF/AIX PSF/AIX
| |
| |
---- T-R----
| |--------------------------------| 3900-0W1
|------------------------------|3900-0W1
Any comments or cautions on the above diagram?
A:
R1) Yes, the Token-Ring TCP/IP attachment was announced for the
3900-0W1 in announcement letter 194-387.
R2) You will define the printer to PSF/AIX as a TCP/IP-attached
printer just as you do a 3935.
R3) Only one PSF can "own" a printer at a time, so no, both PSF/AIXs
in your configuration could not own a single 3900 simultaneously. There
is a Job Interval Shutdown Timer in Tuning Options that let you specify
how many seconds PSF/AIX will wait before relinquishing control of
an idle printer, so that would be one option for you. Or, depending
on your application, perhaps you could do processing (like the
PostScript transform/rip) on one of the RISCs, and then route the
output of the transform to the second RISC to handle the print.
R4) I'm not sure of exactly what you're looking for here. I need
a little more information to make sure I respond appropriately.
You didn't mention how you plan to route data down from the MVS
host, whether it be PSF Direct using PSF/MVS on the host, or
the Network Print Facility (NPF) capability of TCP/IP for MVS V3,
or some other method. I assume the two HPs both have some kind of
TCP/IP LPR support and would be using that method.
Please reopen and clarify how MVS plays in this (and what your
objective is), and I'll do my best to advise you of the feasibility.
The only other concern I have at this time is the HP3000. I'm not
familiar with its data stream or connectivity. As long you verify
that its output data stream is one of PSF/AIX's input data streams,
and that it supports LPR, then I think you should be okay.
S e a r c h - k e y w o r d s:
AIX PSF/6000 3900-0W1 TOKEN-RING psf/aix psf mpe mpe-ix hp3000 lpr
tcp/ip
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Dated: 02/1999 Category: XPSF6000
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